Thank you to the Children with Diabetes (CWD) web site. The CWD provides a wealth of high-quality, timely, and extremely useful information for parents and kids. Thank you to the Children with Diabetes (CWD) web site for being true advocates of kids with diabetes! Here is great video from the CWD "Friends for Life" 2008.

At the 2009 Children With Diabetes "Friends for Life" conference, the Jeff Hitchcock Distinguished Service Award was presented to Ellen Ullman, who has devoted over 15 years to diabetes advocacy  and further, who has devoted 15 years to helping Jeff Hitchcock and CWD report on new research and information to share with CWD readers. Ellen was totally surprised  and for once, speechless!

Ellen currently serves as Vice President of Research at the Children with Diabetes Foundation.
The Children with Diabetes Foundation recently provided $100,000 to the DRI for continued research to find a cure for diabetes. You can see Ellen presenting a check to Barbara Singer, Director of Special Projects at Diabetes Research Institute Foundation from the Children with Diabetes Foundation on May 7, 2011 at the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation's PEP (Parents Empowering Parents) Squad Mini Conference in Fort Lauderdale FL. For more info/photos of the entire May 7, 2011 PEP Squad Mini Conference in Fort Lauderdale FL..please go here.
For DRI press release "New Grant Supports Study Combining Several Technologies to Advance Cell Replacement Therapy", please go here.

Thanks to IBM United States for donating the following equipment and dollars in the table below via the IBM Fund for Community Service/IBM Community Grants based on Jeffry's volunteer work for the DRI.
On October 16, 2006, IBM South Florida had its the 2006 IBM Employee Charitable Contributions Campaign (ECCC) kick off meeting. After the meeting several ECCC eligible organization had booths to discuss the organizations with South Florida IBM'ers. Here is image of Jeffry with Barbara Singer of the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation (DRIF).

You can see our family on Nick News (air date was 3/23/97). Ellen sent email to Linda Ellerbee and asked
that she feature children on insulin pumps (because back then it wasn't as popular as it is now and doctors
were telling families children were too young to pump). So Nick News came and filmed at our house and at
the endocrinologist .... 2 other kids are also featured in the Nick News segment.

The President's Volunteer Service Award, established in 2003, recognizes American individuals who have demonstrated a sustained commitment to volunteer service as measured by the number of service hours performed. The award is issued by the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation, created by President George W. Bush to help foster a culture of service, citizenship and a sense of responsibility by encouraging outstanding volunteer service and civic participation.

As a leadership organization in the award program, IBM presents the award annually to On Demand Community volunteers with more than 100 hours of volunteer time in the prior calendar year. Here is copy of President's Volunteer Service Award and Pin (Bronze level) to Jeffry for 250+ hours of cumulative service to the DRI.

2009

IBM Equipment grant to Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) for two (2) Lenovo Thinkpads to assist in Islet Transplantation research.

Here is an interesting video on IBM Global Technology Services, Motorola Solutions, and Zebra Technologies Alliance and how the Alliance solutions are used at the IBM Burlington, VT manufacturing plant (2010)